Ghost stories from California, United States: Page 4

Running Shadow Dog by madesinative

This happened to me, personally, when I was about 10 years old and it's something that I put in the back of my mind until recently because of a similar situation with my little sister. I woke up around 1:00am in my grandparent's home, where I lived at the time. There were no lights on in the room I ...

Missing Money by SoniahCano

We've lived in the same house for about twelve years now. We're a family of five. It's my father, mother, my two sisters and I. My dad's a big time money saver, he loves saving his money. He puts his money in envelopes and organizes it by 100s, 50s, and 20s. And he counts the amount of money in ...

One Last Goodbye From An Obedient Friend by GOODE212

This will be my first ever posting of my experience I've posted anywhere. I have had some minor encounters here and there through out my life, things breaking, dogs growling and barking at nothing. Nothing to really make me believe something is going on around me. I'm always being a skeptic, unlike ...

Green Glowing Little People by Skittles29

This happened in 1983 when I was 11yrs old. My family and I just finished moving into our new place in Nuevo, Calif. My sister Reanna and I shared a room together and her bed was closest to the door. I must of had childhood insomnia (if there is such a thing?) because I always had a really hard t...

Foretelling Minor Life Events by abelievermetalfan

In one of my other stories, I mentioned that I have had some other experiences with the paranormal. I'm not sure that this qualifies, but I wanted to share anyway. The earliest that I can remember having one of these experiences was in the 5th grade. What is that, 11, 12 years old? I went to bed ...

Derek Williams by MonicaFreeman

I recently lost my best friend and confidant, Derek "Durty" Williams, in a tragic motorcycle accident in the early morning hours of August 10, 2013. Many days I've spent blaming myself for his death because he had asked me to come see him the night of his accident but I had blown him off because I d...

Strange Happenings In Our Condo by Udon555

My husband and I were newlyweds at the time of this story. We needed our own place and after we searched for a few weeks we found a nice, small condo community in Rocklin. The condo itself was adorable. Small, but adorable. It was a two bed, two bath with a small kitchen area, dining area, and ...

Dreamcatcher by nicblind

For my birthday, a good friend of mine got me a dreamcatcher. I had no idea the "rules" of dreamcatchers and put it on top of my cat and watched him play with it. Then, I hung it up in my room above my bed. That night I was woken up about once or twice to something pulling at my ankles, causing a...

Bloody Banshee by ftilly79

I have always called this thing a Bloody Banshee in my own head. It was over 30 years ago when I was between the ages of three and five. There was a room in our house that my mother tells me no one else would stay in but me. I am guessing at the time no one really cared about the opinion of a four y...

Papa And My Family by abelievermetalfan

I want to start this off with my own background. I am not a religious person, most would consider me to be an Agnostic, but I more personally identify myself with the overall concept of Deism. I am really the only member of my family with this set of beliefs, which has alienated me in a way. Because...

Black Long Hair by Pcv007

What's a horror flick without long black hair and a scary girl in a white dress. Cliche? Well, I wish my experience was a bad dream or a fake scene for a movie. My story starts off when I was at my mom's house. We were chatting about dreams and how weird it is when you know you're dreaming and yo...

Strange Happenings, Obes, Shadow People by Andromeda33

This all started a few years back when we lived in a different home but same area. My, then, 5 year old son kept experiencing night terrors. They were so extreme that when he'd be experiencing one, there was nothing I could do except comfort him and wait for it to end. Night terrors are very dif...

Paranormal Activity In The 70's by reincarnation

I have experienced strange phenomena throughout my whole life. I was born in 1962 in San Diego. My parents had always been into paranormal and supernatural phenomena. When I was about 13 years old they got a Ouija board. They used it right away and had much fun doing so. I don't know exactly wha...

Odd Draining Experience by Mdivision

About a month ago, my friend and I played with a Ouija Board. She said she was experienced enough to know how to open, maintain a safe atmosphere, and close the board. I believe she did so. Anyways, she was proving to me that she had a friend called "X", and asked her a bunch of "yes" or "no" q...

That Evil Smile by sabrina_25

This is a very short but terrifying story which happened to me last year. One night me, along with my family, were praying the Rosary as we would normally do every night. Now, I am not very fond of being there every night praying for more than an hour but I would definitely do it when my parents ...

The Woman In Black by sabrina_25

To start off I apologize if there are any errors in my writing. These events took place in the heart of Los Angeles, California, all which happened in my aunt Mary's house. Now, the house was a very big two story home with a small back house which was divided into several apartments. The house i...

New Home, Old Spirits by Believing_is_seeing

In the sixth grade we had moved for the final time. It was a simple Central Cali home with a huge front yard with huge trees to shade the yard, and a huge backyard for the dogs to run around. It was a four bedroom home that was perfect for my parents, my younger brother and me to live in since my ol...

Nightmares And Sightings by FireBreathingDamsel

My story ranges in ages. I was rather young when it started. My family always chalked it up to me being a scaredy cat (I guess it depends on who you ask; a lot of family members understand), but I've always felt like I was watched. Maybe I am a scaredy cat and/or a little paranoid, but I know I've e...

The Rigsby Family Haunting by Kayes

Background information: I am a fifteen year old female from a part of Northern California in a small town called Yuba City. Yuba City is located just north of Sacramento, where the Gold Rush began in California and thus created a new era in American history. In our sister city, there was a great flo...

Haunted In Low Income by gypsysmile

In the summer of 1986, my Mother and I moved into an apartment in a low income complex. The first time we ever looked at the apartment I remember running around the place as kids do as my mother talked to the apartment manager. I remember my Grandmother being with us as we checked the place out. ...

The Little Girl In The Pool Room by iloveyou21

I live in Los Angeles and as you may know, there is a supposedly haunted ship called The Queen Mary. Anyway, I went to this ship on a tour, not really expecting anything to happen. Well, the guide took us down to the pool room, where many of the guests that used the ship in the 50's and 60's swa...

Shadow Above The Couch by Kiego

Corning California, age 12 approximately. I was staying over at my grandmother's house who is now passed away. Technically it wasn't a house but an apartment. She had just moved from out of town and was still getting settled so she had boxes throughout the place that were still packed with stuff. ...

My Old House In Pasadena, Ca by rosehart

This is my first post, and I have been really putting this off for a while but I think now's the time. Sorry if this is a bit rough, I was younger at the time so the memory is still sketchy. My parents lived in this two bedroom house for a few years before I was born and had heard noises that th...

Demon Girl 2 by sweatseveryday

This occurred before the incident in my other story, Demon Girl. It was about 2 years prior to that incident and gives chills to think about it to this day. It was when I first began seeing the girl in my dad's house. Each time I'd go to visit my dad after he and my mom divorced I'd always see h...

The Queen Mary Experience by gwali

I am sharing a story for the first time after reading much of the submissions on this site. My name is Gabriel and I am 24 years old and my wife is 22. This story begins with being sent to out of town to Long Beach, CA for work in 2011. This time when I went I took my wife with me since we are a...

Was It Just A Dream Or Was It Real? by xxelainedenisexx

I was 16 years old when it happened. It was late at night and I was in my room, sleeping. After a long day from school and doing loads of homework, I thought I deserved a hard earned nap. All was well... The house was so quiet; everyone else was asleep. Even the neighbors across the street were quie...

Demon Girl by sweatseveryday

Unlike my mom, my dad has never been very supportive with me and my problems with the supernatural. There was a time when I use to spend 3 days a week at his house, I dreaded going to his house because of the girl with the black hair I constantly saw at his house. She would wake me from my sleep in ...

Trip To Alcatraz Cell Block D Number 11. Reserved For Laura by Aspiredream2k

My name's Laura I'm 18, I've never had a "spiritual" experience until I visited Alcatraz for the first time two days ago. It was April 13, 2013. I was excited because I heard it was haunted and was looking to have an experience. Little did I know, the "haunt" would come back with me. I haven't stopp...

The Devil's Shadow by MyNameisMario

Let me start off by saying I'm new and I have only a few experiences, not a lot. Also, I would like to share my very quick ghostly encounter. This was about 12 years ago when I was 4 and I slept by myself. I was in my room alone for the first time because my brother was just born and he was in m...

The Fall Of Madame M by Zack84

We had now been living in the "horror house" for about three years. I was a Senior in High School and looking forward to graduation and attending UCSC afterword. The house was complete and it looked amazing! My mother and I had researched the property extensively, and with the help of the histor...

The Goat That Would Watch Me Sleep by CaliforniaK

About ten years ago, maybe less is when it happened. I was about eighteen and still living at my parents. My best friend named Jessica and I were really into witchcraft. We had many spell books, played with a Ouija board quite a bit, got into the whole Astral Projection thing. You name it, we were i...

Not Seeing Is Believing by Zack84

At this point, we've now lived in the Victorian house for approximately a year and a half. Cosmetic repairs and electrical work on the interior have been largely completed. If you would like more information on what happened during these repairs and what we experienced see my previous three stories....

Grandma's Mystery Music by Zack84

Before we get started, you might want to read my first two stories. They outline the sound of footsteps that began shortly after moving in to our new Victorian home, and the electrical problems that began to plague us when visitors came. This story begins approximately six months after my sister fle...

My Brief Experience At Alcatraz by FantomeNocturne

As much as I believe in ghosts and have had experiences throughout my entire life, I'll be honest... When my family and I got to Alcatraz in the middle of the day during our vacation to San Francisco, I didn't expect much of anything to happen. Especially not since it was absolutely swarming with pe...

Less Than Welcomed Guests by Zack84

For anyone interested, you may want to start by reading my first story "Restless on the Stairs" which details our first experiences in the Victorian house where I lived with my mother during and immediately after my high school years. Our efforts at renovating the old house continued despite the ran...

Trickster Ghost? by paul19

I am in my early teens and have always been interested in the paranormal but haven't encountered much of anything serious until recently. My first experience was 4:30 at night. First of all, I read a lot of stories about people seeing things around 3:00 or 4:00 so this might relate. I had woke u...

Growling In My House by lorraineone

I was a true skeptic. I've since changed my views. I'm not here to frown upon others experiences, but many stories I've read can be chalked up to vivid imaginations from explainable occurrences. I've had many questions concerning what was happening in my home and always made excuses as to what they ...

Family Paranormal Experiences by jessica93096

I don't know if every one of these are paranormal phenomenon but most of them are. These are some things that my father, mother, older brother and I have all experienced. My mother's stories My mom grew up in Colorado and moved around a lot. At one point in her life she lived in a very old h...

The Town Of Loleta, Ca by kuykendall

My story is about something that happened to me when I was about 14 or 15 years old. I'm 20 now. But remember it like it was yesterday. I think that's because it's honestly the only genuinely unexplainable thing that has happened to me. Since I was young I have always had a keen interest in things c...

A Quick, Strange Visit by ghostfacep

This story occurred early July of this year. I wanted to publish it earlier, but was not able to because the amount of submissions the site was receiving. Anyhow, here it is. One night, I would say around 7:30 pm, I was watching television in the Family room when all of the sudden I felt the envi...

The First House That I Can Remember by CAyer

I've moved around a lot during my life. And many times I have noticed weird things. This is the first home I have memory of. I was there from age four until age nine. I lived in a two story apartment in Brentwood, and not much ever seemed out of the ordinary. Except the upstairs of the house. Mainly...

A Sad Boy And Faces by RozaBelikov

My name is Roza and I have been followed by a boy. The boy looks familiar but I am not sure if it's who I think it is. This boy still has colour to him but is washed out. He wears the look of sorrow on his face and he doesn't say anything. He opens his mouth yet nothing comes out. I see him now ...

Red Orb Flying In My Room by Fresh2057

My story begins with me talking to my sisters in the living room. We were talking and it was about 9:45p.m., we decided that we should go to sleep. I went to my room to get my blankets and pillow, as we were going to be sleeping in the living room. When I opened my door to get my stuff I saw a red o...

Something Has Been Happening Lately by SkufuiS

I have first encountered this website about a month ago (I think) and since then, I have decided to go public with all my encounters here. Yesterday Nov, 6th I was reading some stories from other posters here on the site. Around 9:00 in the evening, I felt something strange behind my chair. As usual...

Sanchez's Ladder -1st Floor South D Storage Hallway by SkufuiS

Old friends from my hotel childhood My name is Christian and I am 24 years of age and currently work at the Comfort Inn & Suites in the city of Long Beach, CA. My job is pretty cool and I have been here for three years. I come here everyday with a smile on my face and enjoy the company of our gues...

Old Friends From My Hotel Childhood by SkufuiS

My name is Christian and I currently work at the Comfort Inn & Suites in the city of Long Beach, CA. This is my second story about Old friends from my hotel childhood. Deborah (Room 126) The Old Lady in the Cafeteria (Room 126) Mornings have always possessed a bright light of life at th...

Ron Still Walks The Grounds by SkufuiS

Old friends from my hotel childhood. My name is Christian and I am 24 years of age and currently work at the Comfort Inn & Suites in the city of Long Beach, California. My job is pretty cool and I have been here for three years. I come here everyday with a smile on my face and enjoy the company o...

My Alarm Ghost by GypsysHeart

First of all I've posted several stories on here before and I welcome you to read those to get a better feel of my experience with ghosts and the like. Now on to my story. I've always had a hard time getting out of bed in the morning. You could say I'm more of a night owl than a morning person. ...

Not All Ghost Stories Have Ghosts by AndiiFL

As I have said before, I was on a professionally organized Paranormal Investigation team. We conducted pre and post investigational procedures and such. I am posting this as sometimes our stories get a little intense and we just have to step back and laugh at ourselves a little and not take things t...

I Hated My Best Friends House by AndiiFL

I don't know if it's an over active imagination, extreme sensitivity, or what, but I've got many stories. I am very glad to be able to share them here with people finally. I truly believe in spirits and that they exist. Some people don't believe, that is fine. Perhaps they are just not sensitive. I ...